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The container was spawned on the 18th I believe. I cased it today w/ 60% coir/30% verm/10% oyster shell. I wil transfer it into fruiting conditions very soon. I need to clean out my fruiting chamber first though.

I thought you mentioned you had a nearly endless free supply of mint compost. How does that mint compost do compared to other substrate material more commonly used? Bye the way, that F+ took off like like a space shuttle & is roaring through numerious bird seed jars! Thanx.

That colonization looks good....I took all my excess and put it in some 6 inch plastic pots with dried lawn clippings on the bottom, a little cow poo, the excess from the cake and grain spawn, some more poo, a little water, and some more dried grass on top. Set four of them of four strains on bricks in the shade the other day. I put the recent grain and cake spawn in several different types of substrate to see how well they do and what will and will not work for me...the GT on rye berrie grain in Scott's is doing real well. The EQ, Brazos county, Lipa Yai, T3 and Florida cake crumbles are in Scott's with either some extra verm, coir or cow poo added to see how well they work in combination. Do you keep your substrate in the dark while colonizing?

Glad to hear you got it started so soon. I do have access to the compost, in fact I did another spawn using the mint compost the same day as this one was spawned. I used a 1/2 pt cake of Ecuadorians. It is still colonising and is about 95% complete. I think the lagging speed is due to the difference in spawn material. W/ the mint compost the mycelium immediately become rhizomorphic, it is quite beautiful. I will try post pictures soon.

KingBolete- I definately keep my colonising substrate in the dark until ready for casing.

What is mint casing? I heard somebody mention that. I have heard the expression about the knots...are they little protrusions up in the mycelium..is that a fair description? Sorry about the plethora of questions..your post prompted them.

holy shit, joshua!!!!!!!!!!!i bet i know where you got that there mint compost.willamette valley, hunh?!we must be neighbors.i keep seein that big pile these last few weeks and i just want to stop and fill up the truck!!!so have you used much of it?i would greatly appreciate a brief report.by the way, you are certainly the man.